Pillow-sham holder



(No Model.)

J. H. WARD.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER. No. 317,052. Patented May 5, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. WARD, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

PILLOW-SHAM HOL DER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,052, dated May 5, 1885.

4 Application filed August 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Pillow-Sham Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in certain improvements to facilitate the operation and to increase the utility of such devices.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, the head-posts of the bedstead being in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a top View of Fig. 1, enlarged, portions being broken away and in section; and Figs. 3 and 4 are broken details, enlarged, in perspective.

The head-posts of the bedstead are shown at D D. The supporting-bars aa are secured to the back side of the posts D D. They may be secured to any desired part of the posts D D, or head of the bedstead. These bars are providedwith round loops in the forward ends, in which the head of the holder has its bearings. The holder-head B B is made in two parts and confined by clips r r in such a manner as to be laterally adjustable, as in former devices. The frame wires 0 c are secured to the head B B the same as heretofore. To these wires 0 c the shams (not here shown) are to be connected.

One of the supporting-bars a a is elasticthe right-hand one in the drawings. The loop end of this bar is held from coming off of the end of the head B B by a. pin, (shown in Fig. 2,) or by other suitable means. The object of this will be explained hereinafter.

The other end of the holder-head is extended for the connection therewith of the handle h. (Shown in Fig. 2.) Said handle his provided with a ferrule, S, the same being secured to the handle it by the set-screw which secures the handle h to head B B. This ferrule is extended a little beyond the handle, forming a recess, in which the loop of the supporting-bar (it plays when the holder is rotated and locked and unlocked. The ferrule is provided with a notch, t, in which the bar a catches to lock the holder up in position.

In Fig. 3 the looped bar is shown in th recess and the notch as when the device is locked, and in Fig. 4: it is shown as when unlocked.

In the operation by pulling on the handle h the holder is carried to the left hand by springing the elastic bar a and slipping the other end of the head through the loop. This action unlocksthe device, when it may be thrown down for use. When throwing the holder up, as in Fig. 1, the spring-tension of the right-hand supporting-bar a causes the looped bar to be drawn into the recess 0, and the notch it thus locking the holder 8, before described.

The desired tension of the spring-bar a is controlled by extending or contracting the head B B, as the case may be.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A pillow-sham holder consisting of a sham-frame, the supporting-bars, one of them being elastic and secured on the end of the frame-head by suitable means, a handle having an extended ferrule forming a recess at the end of the handle, said ferrule being provided with a lock -notch, said recess and notch being adapted to receive the looped supporting-bar when the frame is carried laterally by the elastic bar at the other end, thus locking the holder, all substantially as set forth. 7

2. A pillow-sham holder consisting of an extensible sham-frame-supporting bar, forming bearings for each end of the frame-head, one of said bars being flexible and connected with the end of the frame-head, so that the latter will not pull out of its bearings when operating the holder, and a handle connecting the other end of the frame-head and adapted to interlock with the supporting-bar at said end when the frame is carried laterally by the flexible supporting-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of theforegoingl have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. WARD. 

